Steel-rail joint.



W. ARNDT.

V STEEL RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION rrnnn MAB. 7. 1910.

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WILLIAM ARNDT, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

STEEL-RAIL JOINT.

965,429. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 1910. Application filed. March 7, 1910. Serial No.547,869.

To all whom it may concern: thereby obviating the possibility of the Beit known that I, WILLIAM ARNDT, afianges of the wheels passing betweenthe citizen of the United States, residing at faces of the meeting endsof the rails, should Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State saidrails slightly separate from contraction. 6o of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and It will likewise beseen that by making the usefulImprovements in Steel-Rail Joints; elongated joint, as shown, asubstantially and I do hereby declare the following to be continuousrail will be provided and the a full, clear, and exact description ofthe inusual pounding incident to the wheels passvention, such as willenable others skilled in ing over straight joints will be eliminated. 6510 the art to which it appertains to make and The ends of the rails aresecured together by use the same. introducing bolts 8 transverselythrough the My invention relates to new and useful integral fish platesand applying to the improvements in track rails and supporting threadedends thereof nuts 9, which nuts are ties therefor and my object is toprovide prevented from leaving the bolts by means 7o joints at themeeting ends of said rails, of split keys 10, which keys pass throughwhereby a splice will be formed between openings in the bolts and areseated in the rails. notches 11 in the outer faces of the nuts A furtherobject is to so construct the and the bolt is prevented from rotating bymeeting ends of the rails that the usual providing lugs 12 thereon, asbest shown in 75 2 form of fish plate may be dispensed with. Fig. 3 ofthe drawings.

A further object is to provide means for The rails are secured inposition on the securely attaching the rails to the ties, and, ties 1 byproviding said ties with threaded a further object is to provide meansfor sockets 13, into which are introduced locking the rail securingmechanism to prethreaded stems 14 of rail securing bolts 15, so vent thesame from working loose. said bolts being preferably T shaped and Otherobjects and advantages will be hereare adapted to overlapv the flangesof the inafter referred to and more particularly rails. As the upperfaces of the flanges are pointed out in the specification and claims.inclined, the lower faces of the head of the In the accompanyingdrawings which are bolt are likewise inclined so that one sec- 85 made apart of this application, Figure 1 tion of the head will be firmlyseated on the is a top plan view of a section of road way face of theflange when the head is turned showing my improved form of rail securingat right angles to the trend of the flange mechanism. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional and in order to prevent the bolt from turnviewthereof, and, Fig. 3 is a transverse secing after the same has beenseated in the 90 tional view through the rails and tie on an socket, oneend of the head is provided enlarged scale. with an opening 16 throughwhich extends Referring to the drawings in which simia split key 17, thelower end of the key lar reference numerals designate correspondentering a seat 18 in the tie and it will be ing parts throughout theseveral views, 1 readily seen that when the bolt is looked 95 indicatesa tie, which is preferably conin engagement with the flange of the railsstructed of metal and 2 and 3 indicate the and the key is introducedthrough the open rails rest-ing thereon. The meeting ends of ing in thebolt head and into its seat in the the rails are preferably outdiagonally, as tie, said bolt will be held against rotation best shownat 4k in Fig. 1 so that when the until such. time as the key is removed.100 meeting ends of the rails are joined together, In addition toengaging the rails with an elongated joint or splice will be formed. thebolts to hold the rails in position on The overlapping portions of therails are the tie, the bases of the rails are entered increased inthickness to form integral fish in transversely disposed channels 19 eXplates 5 and 6, which is accomplished by tending across the face of thetie, thus pre- 105 increasing the thickness of the webs of the ventingthe rail from moving sidewise inderails, said thickened portions beingslightly pendent of the tie. greater in length than the overlapping por-By securing the ends of the rails together tions of the ends of therails. At the inner in the manner shown and providing the end of thethickened portions of the rails integral fish plates, the joint betweenthe 110 are formed shoulders 7, against which the ends of the rails willbe as solid as any outer ends of the rails are adapted to rest, otherportion of the rails and by this arrangement, but one tie is requiredbelow the joint of the rail, thus saving the expense of an extra tie toproperly support the ends of the rails.

This form of rail can be as cheaply produced as the common form of railand the equipment can be supplied at a less cost in view of the factthat the fish plates are integral therewith and it will likewise be seenthat the rails can be quickly applied to use and attached to the tie andsaid rails can be renewed at any time with a minimum expenditure oflabor.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a tie having a transversechannel therein and a rail seated in said channel, said tie also havingsockets therein; of bolts adapted to have threaded engagement with saidsockets, a portion of the heads of said bolts being in engagement withsaid rail and the opposite portion thereof having openings therein, saidtie being also provided with seats, and keys adapted to be insertedthrough said openings and have the ends thereof held within said seats,for the punpose described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails havingtheir meeting ends disposed at an angle, fish plates integral with saidmeeting ends, bolts adapted to lock said meeting ends together, a tieadapted to extend below said meeting ends, said tie having socketstherein, T shaped bolts having their stems threaded to enter saidsockets, one end of the heads of the bolts engaging the rails and meansengaging the opposite ends of the bolt heads and the tie adapted to holdsaid bolts against rotation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM ARNDT.

WVitnesses:

WILL I-I. ALEXANDER,

LoU W. VAIL.

